Nissan U.S. August Sales Up 6.3 Percent

Nissan Motorposted a 6.3 percent increase in August U.S. sales from a year earlier, boosted by gains for its flagship Altima sedan, the automaker's U.S. sales chief said on Tuesday.

Nissan sold 85,275 of its Nissan-branded vehicles, up 6 percent from a year earlier, while sales for its luxury Infiniti brand were up 8.7 percent to 10,252 vehicles, Mark McNabb, Nissan's senior vice president for sales told Reuters.